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From: Multicentre validation of the bedside paediatric early warning system score: a severity of illness score to detect evolving critical illness in hospitalised children

Figure 2

Progression of Bedside Paediatric Early Warning System scores over time preceding clinically relevant events signifying clinical deterioration. Data are from 686 patients in the 24 hours before their event: either a call for immediate assistance from a resuscitation team or urgent admission to the paediatric intensive care unit. The graph represents the mean value of the maximum Bedside Paediatric Early Warning System (BPEWS) score from each of the studied patients for the defined four-hour periods. Repeated measures regression shows that the scores increased as the event grew nearer (P < 0.0001).

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Critical Care

ISSN: 1364-8535